Turning Hitler into a woman

A bizarre plot by Britain to win the Second World War by turning Hitler into a woman has been made public thanks to a new book.

14.03.2012

A bizarre British plot to win the Second World War by turning Hitler into a woman has been made public thanks to a new book.

According to the non-fiction book Secret Weapons: Technology, Science And The Race To Win World War II, the Allies hoped to smuggle female sex hormones into the Fuhrer's food in an attempt to curb his aggression.

The madcap plan was just one of a number of outlandish ideas to break the war's stalemate, according to the new book by leading academic Professor Brian Ford, a fellow at Cardiff University.

Others included dropping glue on Nazi troops in an attempt to stick them to the ground and disguising bombs in tins of fruit being imported to Germany.

Prof. Ford said: "There was an allied plan that they would smuggle oestrogen into Hitler's food and change his sex so he would become more feminine and less aggressive.

"Their research had showed the importance of sex hormones - they were beginning to be used in sex therapy in London.

"The plan was to give sex hormones to Hitler and counterbalance his unnecessary aggression."

Professor Ford said the plan was perfectly feasible because British spies were in place to lace his food.

He added: "There were agents who would be able to get it into his food - it would have been entirely possible."